"Registered veterinary technician" is a person who holds a
registration certificate issued by the Ohio veterinary medical licensing board.
The registered veterinary technician activities and duties must in all ways be
compatible with Chapter 4741. of the Revised Code.

(A)
A person desiring to be registered as a
registered veterinary technician shall be of good moral
character and make a written request to the board for registration. Said
applicant shall deliver to the board the following:

(3)
A transcript showing
satisfactory proof that the applicant has graduated from a board approved
veterinary technology program;

(4)
A registration fee as prescribed in Chapter 4741. of the Revised
Code.

(5)
A passing score of four
hundred twenty-five or a converted score of seventy-five on the veterinary
technician national examination (VTNE).

(B)
In addition to the requirements set forth
in paragraph (A) of this rule, an applicant for registration must submit to a
criminal records check in accordance with section
4741.10 of the Revised Code
within a year of requesting registration. The criminal records check must be
completed by the bureau of criminal identification and investigation in which
the results indicate that the individual has not been convicted of, pleaded
guilty to, or had a judicial finding of guilty for any violation set forth in
section 4741.22 of the Revised Code.

(1)
An applicant requesting a criminal
records check shall provide the bureau of criminal identification and
investigation with the applicant's name and address and with the Ohio
veterinary medical licensing board name and address.

(2)
The applicant shall ask the
superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation in
the request to obtain from the federal bureau of investigation any information
it has pertaining to the applicant.

(C)
Every action of the registered veterinary
technician, as related to the practice of veterinary medicine, must be under
the supervision of the licensed veterinarian. The registered veterinary
technician must not be presented to the public in any way to imply that the
registered veterinary technician is licensed to practice veterinary medicine.
The licensed veterinarian must not offer, undertake, or represent to the public
that the registered veterinary technician is able to diagnose, surgically
operate or prescribe for any animal disease, pain, injury, deformity or
physical condition.

(D)
The
registered veterinary technician shall not diagnose, prescribe or change the
prescribed order of the licensed veterinarian for the use of any drug,
medicine, appliance or treatment for any animal.

(E)
The registered veterinary technician
shall not invade the integument or the tissue of any animal for the purpose of
performing any phase of a surgical procedure not defined as a normal management
practice for livestock. The registered veterinary technician may act as a
surgical assistant for a licensed veterinarian.

(F)
Prior to the expiration of a biennial
registration on March first, in odd-numbered years, the executive director
shall cause to be mailed in January of the registration year, a "notice for
renewal application," listing the continuing education hours acquired prior to
the biennial registration. The registered veterinary technician shall submit
the biennial renewal fee as set forth in division (A)(10) of section
4741.17 of the Revised Code.

A registration becomes inactive if not renewed at the end of
the biennium. An inactive registration may be reactivated upon application to
the board. A registration that is inactive for more than four years expires if
no application for reactivation is made. Upon expiration, a registration
becomes void.

(G)
A waiver
for continuing education hours may be granted by the board for unusual
circumstances if a request is made in writing to the office of the board. The
hours must be made up in the following calendar year, in addition to the
regular required continuing education hours. No more than one waiver may be
considered within a six-year period.

(H)
Registered veterinary technicians are
exempt from listing continuing education hours for the first biennium after
original registration.

(I)
No
veterinary technology student shall engage in the duties of a registered
veterinary technician unless under the direct supervision of a licensed
veterinarian or his or her assigned registered veterinary technician.